After being released two years early for good behaviour, Mickey continues to take anti-depressants, upsetting Linda because she thinks they stop him being himself. While in prison, Mickey becomes depressed and is given pills to help with this. Sammy shoots someone and they are both arrested. Mickey is desperate to support his family and Sammy persuades him to be a lookout while he robs a garage. Edward sees Linda and tells her he loves her, not knowing that she is married to Mickey and going to have his child. Edward comes back from university and tries to have fun with Mickey but Mickey is angry and frustrated at being unemployed and Edward can’t understand why. Immediately afterwards, like many others, Mickey loses his job (in the song Take a Letter, Miss Jones, sung by Mr Lyons) at the factory as a sign of the times. Mickey and Linda get married after Linda falls pregnant. Even though he is secretly in love with Linda himself, Edward tells Mickey to ask Linda to be his girlfriend, showing how much he cares about his blood brother. Upset about leaving his best friends, Edward tells Mickey and Linda that he is going to university the night before he leaves. Mickey leaves school and starts work at a factory, making cardboard boxes. Mickey, Edward and Linda spend their teenage years as best friends. This time, Mrs Johnstone is happy for them to be friends. Mickey and Edward meet and quickly return to their close friendship. At the same time, Edward gets suspended from his boarding school for refusing to remove Mrs Johnstone’s locket. After being rude to a teacher at his secondary modern school, Mickey is suspended. Mickey and Linda are still friends and actually love each other, but Mickey is too shy to act on his feelings. The Johnstone family are much happier, although Sammy gets into trouble a lot, first at school and then with the police. Act Two opens seven years later, when the twins are around 14 years old and in secondary school.
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